Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Steps to Success is a unique partnership between Far Northeast Denver's Montbello community, faculty researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder and the CU School of Medicine/Children's Hospital to promote positive youth development and reduce youth violence through a coordinated community-wide effort which is directed by a Community Board consisting of community leaders and partner organizations. A Key Leader Advisory Board consisting...

"Shows why young men and boys have become increasingly vulnerable to violent crime and how lack of adult supervision and support poses a real and growing threat to our children's basic safety."--Jacket.

Violence in Video Games provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover the controversy over whether video game violence affects players and crime statistics, as well as the history of video games, ratings systems, and the First Amendment. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing...

Presents the story of eleven-year-old Anton Woode, who was convicted of the 1893 murder of Joseph Smith in Colorado, and sentenced as an adult to twelve years in the state penitentiary

Discusses issues regarding video games and violence, including how video game violence affects youth, if they are a cause of mass shootings, and if violence in video games should be regulated

Examines the history of guns and gun use, issues of gun ownership and control, and the relationship between guns and violence involving young people.

The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba.